Alumni Update: Katie Flynn

Just heard from Katie Flynn a 2008 SMU graduate, " I am currently finishing up my first year in the Masters program at DePaul University in Chicago. I have a graduate assistantship with the Chemistry Department. This quarter I taught an Organic Chemistry II lab which is a polymer synthesis lab and a non-majors lab class (a lot like our World of Materials class). I am also conducting research with the faculty polymer chemist here. In this lab we synthesize tri-substituted ethylenes and copolymerize them with 4-flurostyrene. I am also part of a collaboration research project with the Art Institute of Chicago. We received paint samples from the art institute and are conducting thermal analysis (TGA and DSC) on these samples."